CHARLESTON — Most trees sprout from the ground, grow tall and, eventually, fall. One downtown tree has had a different life cycle. After growing tall, this bald cypress was supposedly felled, drowned, ...

Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic trees, with their knobby "knees" and towering trunks, are more than just swamp ...

In a past column I listed the bald cypress as one of the uncommon trees native to Indiana. I wrote so much about where it is found in our state that I ran out of space before I could describe what ...

Some bald cypress trees in the Black River wetland forest are more than 2000 years old. Image courtesy Dan Griffin, University of Minnesota Some bald cypress trees in the US state of North Carolina ...

We have a bald cypress tree, and we were wondering if the needles from the cypress tree we are raking up now would be good for mulching. We know oak leaves are a good mulch, but are maple leaves also ...